But on the other hand, the last part of Ephesians 1:7
talks about the grace of God, and so we could think that charizomai forgiveness is in view.
Everybody
talks about grace, but few of us seem to believe it.
Now at some time in the eternal security debate, after all
this talk about grace, someone says something like, «I think you're taking this grace thing a little bit too far.
Maybe those of us who talk and write a lot about grace should follow the example of non-believers (and Jesus) and start living grace before we ever start to
talk about grace with others.
When
we talk about grace in the Church, we most often define it in terms of the bad things we've done that don't matter anymore in God's eyes.
This are warning that we are given, we should not
talk about grace to excuse our self from the will of God.
Up until a few months ago, the entire focus of my life was to read, write, study, teach, and
talk about grace.
The problem is that people who have spent years
talking about grace, reading books on grace, and going to conferences on grace are suddenly faced with situations in which they need to be gracious and, instead, become... nasty.
Fr Holloway, the founder of the Faith movement, used to
talk about grace as «the sunshine of the soul».
I have already noted that the dominant Western dualism that has colored much Christian
talk about grace does not plumb the depths of the Christian experience of grace.
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We talk about grace and we say that salvation isn't by works.
I'm on board with
talking about grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love, and I'm open to prudential arguments for abolishing the death penalty in the U.S..
Sometimes they talk about the Kingdom of God; sometimes not; Sometimes
they talk about grace, mercy, forgiveness, and reconciliation; sometimes not.
CV: Well, those, and that whole thing of — well, maybe we can go a little before the Art Bank, and maybe we can
talk about Grace McCann Morley.
Not exact matches
It is the sheer commonness of
Grace's experience that makes it so important to
talk about.
Mattie doesn't
talk about her own
grace or lack thereof.
Most patristic and medieval writers preferred to
talk about miracles and miracle workers rather than charismatic gifts for a number of reasons such as the dominant gift list being Isaiah 11, not 1 Corinthians 12 and Jerome's translating charismata as «
graces» (gratiae).
[There was] passion in the room to be
talking about this subject and for those living with same sex attraction, to be welcoming, to be
grace filled, to be including!»
That action — the one that brings healing,
grace, redemption, correction and hope — is the righteousness James is
talking about.
They might not use the word «mercy» as much as he wants, but they
talk extensively
about divine love,
grace, the sacraments, and charity, all of which pertain to God's mercy, and which they develop into soteriology, the study of the saving action of God.)
By cherry - picking texts out of the Bible to reveal the goodness, and love, and mercy, and
grace, and acceptance of God, while at the same time, soundly rejecting and denying the texts which
talk about a bloodthirsty god of violence, we have seen that both Jesus and Paul are saying what we can loudly proclaim today as well: «God is not like that!
You spend so much time
talking about things like
grace, yet you don't seem to have enough of it to allow those who have a different view and / or style of interaction from yours to express themselves without your lecture of improper behavior.
Once set within this
grace - filled frame, feminist speech
about sin (like all rightful sin -
talk) is rhetorically pitched as edifying discourse.
But this past week I was
talking to someone
about grace, and they objected with the
grace litmus test, and I don't know what happened, but I sighed out of exasperation and decided to give a different answer than the one I had always given before.
«it is only post-Luther theology which
talks about «irrestistible»
grace.»
Keep
talking about how real love requires freedom while extending kindness and
grace to those with whom we disagree... because living your theology is more important than arguing it.
Luke, it is only post-Luther theology which
talks about «irrestistible»
grace.
yes, I agree, because romans
talks about sin is still the master or the world, but not Christians, because he have
grace, romans 6:14 - «for sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under
grace.»
Jeremy, you could write a novel, without any thing illicit being said or done, as Lewis did,
about a man who found ways to
talk about Jesus (Gods
Grace you know what I mean) over and against the forces surrounding him.
Which got me thinking... just like the preacher pounds the pulpit during his weakest points, maybe those who
talk loudest
about grace are trying to compensate for a lifestyle that lacks
grace.
Let's get porn out of the closet and start
talking about it with compassion and
grace.
Maybe we
talk so much
about grace because we show it so little.
In my past (very recent past) I have spent a lot of time
talking, speaking, and writing
about grace, and very little time showing it or living it.
The incipience of
grace requires us to move away from the protected hideouts where we refuse to see, to hear, to
talk about the truth.
It is not easy to lead, whether we are
talking about a large congregation or small group, so having
grace and compassion for leaders who show up every day and do their very best is something we can bring in order to be great followers.
Christians who wish to speak «the language of the people» — and thus
talk a lot
about what makes up «the Christian lifestyle» — often assume that they can return to their own familiar «religious» language of
grace and faith, sin and redemption, justice and mercy, even act and consequence, whenever they want.
You
talk about love,
grace and mercy.
We
talked to Yancey
about his new book Christians in politics and what it looks like to live in
grace in a «post-Christian» society.
«When teenagers
talked in their interviews
about grace, they were usually talking about the television show Will and Grace, not about God's grace.&r
grace, they were usually
talking about the television show Will and
Grace, not about God's grace.&r
Grace, not
about God's
grace.&r
grace.»
When you have an opportunity to
talk about your relationship with God, do so with
grace and peace.
i didn't consider the consequences, i thought that
Grace was Big which it is big but it dosent cover willful sin i find website that
talk about that willful sin and they say nothing comforting to calm me down and the scripture also condemn these acts i am a foolish person who commits sin i'm not a christian if i was i wouldn't commit willful sin.
Maybe you do know a lot
about other religions but my own experience has been that whenever I've read any of their own materials or
talked with their members I find
grace.
Most religious people I have
talked to, speak
about being «saved by the
grace of God» (or some sort of similar terminology).
This is a great chapter for all the pastors and church leaders and Christians out there who like to
talk and write and teach a lot
about grace, but don't really show
grace in their lives, ministries, and churches.
Indeed, most people find that
talking about their pilgrimages and their beliefs as Christians is itself a means of
grace that enhances: and strengthens the faith they already have.
In it, Bono
talks about Jesus, religion, and
grace.
We must teach consent, communication,
grace, love, and healthy boundaries in
talking about sex.
It's that living under law thing that kills us (the Spirit gives life but the letter kills), trying to live up to standards and rules, principles and guidelines, etc... The church these days has pretty much no idea what
grace even is, and if you start
talking about God's love, I mean his real love based only on Christ's merit, people call you a heretic.
The strongest evidence on that point appears on the first page of her book, where «Bill,» a member of
Grace,
talks about his identity as a Christian and an American and
about his volunteer work, through the church, at a local shelter for disadvantaged teens.